Should people explore more of space or reallocate the resources on Earth to abolish food shortages?

Answer 1

Sad to say but the reason that people are hungry in the world has very little to do money, but much to do with the political systems of the corrupt countries that those starving people live in. I have no doubt what so ever that in the 45 years since Alan Shepard's first flight, America has spent substantially more money to alleviate world hunger than it has to explore the universe. Still the same problems persist in the same places for the same reasons. So unless America wants to over throw those corrupt coutries and start a new age of colonialsm ,there will continue to be food shortages that cash can't solve.

Answer 2

There are no food shortage on Earth, there is plenty to feed everyone. The problem is one of distribution; the areas where people are starving are zones of war, and people cannot feed themselves because they are bullied out of their fields by warring factions; who also prevent (or steal) international aid from reaching those in need.

Space exploration does not cost a penny to starving people, it does not take any food away, and it does pay for the salary of thousands of skilled people who would otherwise be out of a job (and since they have a job, they can contribute money to international relief aid to starving people). Space exploration does not reduce the amount of food available, if you were to stop space exploration you would have a lot of unemployed people, and some money that you could not use to buy food anyway, because all the food is already being bought out.

Answer 3

don't know about cutting down on space exploration costs.

but you could start out by cutting on wars. Was Afghanistan, cost 20-30bn, useful at all? No. Is Iraq, cost 100bn plus, useful at all? No.

space exploration may not yield huge direct benefits as such within the near future - but that's better than ruining whole countries and killing thousands of innocents, for nothing.


would the reallocation of expenses alleviate food shortages? Who knows. The rich world spends tons of money subsidizing its agriculture, and subsidizing its exports, which effectively results in blocking poorer countries from developing their own agriculture, thus encouraging famine.

your question has merit - but there is far from a simple anwer (apart of the fact than it would always be nice to not go on useless wars)

Answer 4

For the past 50 years since space exploration began, problems in this world was never completely resolved. I don't think stopping space exploration and diversifying the resources will help.

Answer 5

on the bus the different day a costly buddy that I met by commuting, jogged my memory of all the innovations that got here from area return and forth. there has been many. those innovations have helped our international extra effective than they are given credit to. it is ashame that folk do no longer see that, i understand that i did no longer untill it replaced into spoke of to me. Optics and eye glasses and a brilliant number of issues have been more suitable and invented from area exploration. sure, we could constantly reallocate the components in the international. besides the indisputable fact that, area exprotation software does make a contribution to a extra suitable existence in the international too.

Answer 6

What makes you think we can't do both? The different areas of science don't work in a vacuum - a discovery in one may lead to a breakthrough in another. We may learn something from space research that will lead to the end of hunger on Earth.

Answer 7

food is important and so space research. if we do not research it, then what happens if we are threatened by global warming or a great ice age or meteorites? with space research we can move away to other planets and also maybe counteract these problems like shooting meteors with advanced weapons.

Answer 8

That might be a good idea. We'll need somewhere to go once the Sun becomes a red giant. Actually before since we'd burn if we waited for that to happen.